Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

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Ethnic group		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
Permafrost		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Siberia		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Velvet Revolution		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Entrepreneur		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Diversity		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Balkanize		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Tundra		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Command economy		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen
Ruble		an emperor of Russia before 1917
Inland sea		to surrender one's office, throne, or authority
Perestroika		governing council in the former Soviet Union
Abdicate		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Communism		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
democratic backsliding		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Caucasus Region		the currency of the Russian Federation
Balkan Region		system of selling goods and services outside official channels
Czar		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Glasnost		a person who starts and builds a business
Steppe		to formally add a region to a country
Soviet		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Eurasia		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Black market		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
Privatization		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Plains		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Annex		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Taiga		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Siberia		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Perestroika		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
democratic backsliding		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Entrepreneur		the currency of the Russian Federation
Ruble		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Balkan Region		a person who starts and builds a business
Balkanize		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Command economy		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Caucasus Region		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Glasnost		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Siberia		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Caucasus Region		a person who starts and builds a business
Entrepreneur		to formally add a region to a country
Plains		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Diversity		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Balkanize		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
democratic backsliding		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Annex		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Balkan Region		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Permafrost		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
Communism		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Privatization		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Taiga		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Inland sea		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Tundra		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Steppe		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Eurasia		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Velvet Revolution		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Ethnic group		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen

Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

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